Ms. Lu graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with a B.S. and M.A. in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics. She was actively involved in undergraduate genetics and microbiology courses as a teaching assistant and researched quantitative trait loci (QTL) for cholesterol gallstone susceptibility in a mouse model. She was the principal QTL curator for the Mouse Genome Database at The Jackson Laboratory from 2001-2009 and received her training in genetic counseling and M.S. in Human Genetics at Sarah Lawrence College in 2007. Prior to working at Ambry Genetics, Ms. Lu was a clinical prenatal genetic counselor with Genzyme Genetics.

Dr. Speare joined Ambry in 2012 following a career in cancer genetic counseling and prenatal genetic education with Crozer-Keystone Health System near Philadelphia, PA.  She received her Ph.D. in Biology from Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA where her thesis explored the genetic makeup of the eukaryotic single cell organism, Tetrahymena thermophila. After completing clinical training in genetics at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Dr. Speare was certified in Genetic Counseling by the ABGC. She has a special interest in issues of access to genetic health care and the education of clinicians who are integrating genetics and genomics into their practice.

Mrs. Johnston graduated from Tulane University with a B.S. in Cell and Molecular Biology and received her M.S. in Genetic Counseling with Distinction from California State University, Northridge.  During her graduate training, Mrs. Johnston's clinical rotation sites included Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and the University of California, Los Angeles Familial Cancer Registry & Genetic Evaluation Program. She then embarked on her career at Alfigen, The Genetics Institute, where she worked in both clinical and laboratory settings. She spent several years as a laboratory Genetic Coordinator at Genzyme Genetics before joining Ambry Genetics.

Mrs. Pesaran graduated from UCLA with a B.S. in microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics. She remained at UCLA for her masters in microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics, studying the genetics of cardiovascular disease. She then received her master’s in genetic counseling from California State University, Northridge. Prior to working at Ambry, Mrs. Pesaran worked as a cancer genetic counselor at the GenRISK program at Cedars Sinai and then as a prenatal and cancer genetic counselor at Harlem Hospital Center. 

Mr. Stuenkel joined Ambry following his graduate training at Boston University School of Medicine, where he earned an M.S. in Genetic Counseling. He also holds a B.S. in Genetics from the University of California, Davis and prior to his current position, worked as a clinical cancer research coordinator at Massachusetts General Hospital. Mr. Stuenkel is a member of the National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC) and is board certified by the American Board of Genetic Counseling (ABGC).  

Ms. Chen completed her B.A. in Psychology at the University of California at Berkeley where she also served as a Teaching Assistant for the Health and Medical Apprenticeship Program. She then worked in education for a few years before pursuing graduate studies. Ms. Chen completed her M.S. in Genetic Counseling at the University of California at Irvine (UCI). While at UCI, Ms. Chen worked as a Research Study Coordinator at the Center for Molecular and Mitochondrial Medicine and Genetics. Prior to joining Ambry, Ms. Chen worked for several years as a clinical prenatal genetic counselor with Integrated Genetics.

Ms. St. John graduated from Illinois State University in 2008 with a B.S. in Biological Sciences. Ms. St. John then completed a Summers of Discovery Internship at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences performing research with the Microarray Group at the Research Triangle Park in Durham, NC.  She then received her M.S. in Genetic Counseling from the University of California, Irvine in 2010. Prior to working at Ambry, Ms. St. John worked with the California Prenatal Screening Program at the University of California, Irvine as a Program Coordinator.

Ms. Radford received her B.S. in Genetics from the University of Georgia and her M.S. in Genetic Counseling from the University of South Carolina.  Prior to joining Ambry in 2012, she spent seven years specializing in cancer genetic counseling in the community setting.  She has also had research positions at Johns Hopkins University and Moffitt Cancer Center.  She is the current president of Lynch Syndrome International (LSI) and a columnist for The Oncology Nurse.

Ms. Shahmirzadi joined Ambry in 2012 as a genetic counselor specializing in genomics after earning her M.S. in Genetic Counseling from Stanford University School of Medicine.  She has a strong educational background in new technologies including next-generation sequencing with a particular interest in whole genome/whole exome sequencing.  Prior to beginning her genetic counseling training, Ms. Shahmirzadi worked as a genetic counselor assistant at the Cancer Risk Program at UCSF and as a DNA Technician at the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory.  She also earned a second M.S. in Biotechnology from Johns Hopkins University and her B.S. in Psychology from University of California, Davis.